Gene Wolfe - On Blue's waters

Many of the persons and places mentioned in this book first appeared in The Book of the Long Sun, to which the reader is referred. In the following list, the most significant names are given in CAPITALS, less significant names in lower case.

Alubukham, a concubine.

Auk, a Vironese burglar.

BABBIE, a tame hus.

Bahar, one of the RAJANs ministers.

Barsat, a woodcutter.

Beled, a coastal town on Blue settled by people from Trivigaunte.

Blazingstar, a New Vironese merchant.

Blood, a crime lord, now dead.

BLUE, the better of the two habitable planets of the SHORT SUN System.

Book of Silk, HORN and NETTLEs great literary work, also called The Book of the Long Sun.

Brother, a small boy living with his sister in a forest northwest of GAON.

Bush, a tavern in PAJAROCU.

Chandi, a concubine.

Chenille, the woman who accompanied Auk to GREEN.

Choora, a long, straight, single-edged knife favored by the RAJAN.

Chota, a nickname given EVENSONG by her fellow concubines. Trooper Darjan, a Gaonese boy.

Dorp, a coastal town.

Echidna, a major goddess, the mother of the gods of the LONG SUN WHORL.

Eschar, a New Vironese merchant.

EVENSONG, the concubine given the RAJAN OF GAON by the MANOFHAN.

Gadwall, a New Vironese smith.

GAON, a troubled inland town on BLUE.

Geier, one of travelers assembled in PAJAROCU.

Gelada, a convict murdered by Auk long ago.

GREEN, the worse of the habitable planets of the SHORT SUN System.

Gyrfalcon, a New Vironese merchant.

Corporal Hammerstone, a soldier in the army of VIRON.

HAN, a populous town south of GAON.

HARIMAU, the citizen who brought the RAJAN to GAON.

He-bring-skin, a citizen of PAJAROCU.

He-bold-fire, the captain of PAJAROCUs lander.

He-pen-sheep, a hunter.

He-sing-spell, one of He-hold-fires subordinates.

He-take-bow, one of He-hold-fires subordinates.

Hephaestus, a minor god of the LONG SUN WHORL.

Hide, one of HORNS twin sons.

Hierax, a major god of the LONG SUN WHORL, the god of death.

Hoof, one of HORNs twin sons.

Hoop, one of the RAJANs scribes.

Aunt Hop, one of NETTLEs sisters.

HORN, a New Vironese paper-maker, the protagonist.

Hyacinth, SILKs beautiful wife.

Jahlee, an inhuma rescued by the RAJAN and EVENSONG.

Kilhari, a hunter of GAON.

KRAIT, the inhumu adopted by HORN.

Kypris, the goddess of love in the LONG SUN WHORL.

Lake Limna, a large lake south of VIRON.

Lal, a small boy of GAON, Mehmans grandson.

LIZARD, an island north of NEW VIRON, the site of HORNs mill.

LONG SUN WHORL, the interior of the WHORL.

Mahawat, the RAJANs elephant driver.

Main, the eastern continent.

Mamelta, the sleeper rescued by SILK, now dead.

MAN OF HAN, the ruler of HAN.

Maytera MARBLE, the former sibyl who accompanied the colonists to BLUE and resumed her vocation there, a chem.

MARROW, a New Vironese merchant.

Mehman, the RAJANs head gardener.

General Mint, the heroine of VIRONs revolution, also known as Maytera Mint.

Molybdenum, a name assumed by Maytera MARBLE.

Mota, a citizen of GAON.

The Mother, a monstrous sea-goddess of BLUE.

Moti, a concubine.

MUCOR, a young woman possessing paranormal powers.

NADI, a river flowing past GAON.

Namak, an officer in the horde of GAON.

Nauvan, an advocate.

NEIGHBORS, BLUEs sentient native race.

NETTLE, HORNs wife.

NEW VIRON, the town on BLUE founded by colonists from VIRON.

Olivine, a young chem of VIRON.

OREB, a tame night chough.

OUTSIDER, the only god trusted by SILK.

PAJAROCU, a phantom town on BLUEs western continent.

Pas, a major god, the father of the gods in the LONG SUN WHORL.

Pehla, the RAJANs principal concubine. fig, a mercenary of the LONG SUN WHORL.

Patera Pike, Patera SILKs predecessor.

Quadrifons, an aspect of the OUTSIDER in the LONG SUN WHORL.

Patera Quetzal, the inhumu who became Prolocutor of VIRON.

The RAJAN OF GAON, the narrator.

Rajya Mantri, the RAJANs principal minister.

Ram, a citizen of GAON.

The Rani, the ruler of Trivijfaunte.

Patera Remom, the head of the Chapter in NEW VIRON.

Maytera Rose, an elderly sibyl, now dead.

Roti, a citizen of GAON.

General Saba, an officer in the horde of Trivigaunte.

Sciathan, the Flier who accompanied SILK, HORN, and others to Mainframe.

Scleroderma, a friend of Maytera MARBLES, now dead.

Scylla, a major goddess of the LONG SUN WHORL, the patroness of VIRON.

SEAWRACK, a one-armed maiden.

Shadelow, HORNS name for the western continent.

She-pick-berry, He-pen-sheeps wife.

SHORT SUN, the star orbited by the WHORL.

Patera SILK, the cald of Viron at the time the colonists boarded their landers, also called Cald SILK.

SINEW, HORN and NETTLEs eldest son.

Sister, a small girl living with her brother in a forest northwest of GAON.

Generalissimo Siyuf, the commander of the Ranis horde.

Skany, an inland town some distance from GAON.

Somvar, an advocate.

Captain Strik, a master mariner of Dorp.

Sun Street, a wide diagonal avenue in VIRON.

Tail, the southern end of LIZARD Island.

Tamarind, a fishmongers widow.

Tartaros, a major god of the LONG SUN WHORL, the god of darkness and commerce, and the patron of thieves.

Thelxiepeia, a major goddess of the LONG SUN WHORL, the goddess of learning, trickery, and magic.

Three Rivers, an inland town near NEW VIRON.

Tor, a rocky peak on LIZARD Island.

Trivigaunte, a desert city well south of VIRON.

Toter, Striks son.

Tuz, one of the travelers assembled in PAJAROCU.

Urbasecundus, a foreign town not far from NEW VIRON.

Vanished Gods, the gods of the NEIGHBORS.

Vanished People, the NEIGHBORS.

VIRON, the city of the LONG SUN WHORL in which SILK, HORN, NETTLE, and many others were born, also called Old Viron.

Vulpes, an advocate of the LONG SUN WHORL.

West Foot, the westernmost peninsula of LIZARD Island.

The WHORL, the generation ship from which the colonists came.

Wichote, a riverine village on BLUEs eastern continent.

Captain WIJZER, a master mariner of Dorp.

Tksin, the traveler who robbed and deserted SINEW.

Zeehm, the daughter of the RAJANs head gardener.